So recently I was flying around my RC helicopter on a 40 $^\circ$F (4$^\circ$C).

At some point in the flight the rotor just stopped moving in mid-air and then I regained control back at ground level. I never had any issues before in warmer weather, so I assume it's a cold-weather related issue with this model.

This leaves me with two questions:

• Could something like this happen in a full-size helicopter like a Robinson R22?
• What effect does temperature have on helicopter performance in general?

Recently I was flying around my RC helicopter on a 40 $^\circ$F (4$^\circ$C).

At some point in the flight the rotor just stopped moving in mid-air and then I regained control back at ground level. I never had any issues before in warmer weather, so I assume it's a cold-weather related issue with this model.

This leaves me with two questions:

• Could something like this happen in a full-size helicopter like a Robinson R22?
• What effect does temperature have on helicopter performance in general?

So recently I was flying around my RC helicopter in 40 $^\circ$F (4$^\circ$C). When I was flying my helicopter I noticed that the propeller just stopped moving in mid-air and then I regained control back at ground level. I never had any issues before. Could it be that the cold weather conditions were the cause of this phenomenon?

Does temperature affect helicopter performance?

So recently I was flying around my RC helicopter on a 40 $^\circ$F (4$^\circ$C).

At some point in the flight the rotor just stopped moving in mid-air and then I regained control back at ground level. I never had any issues before in warmer weather, so I assume it's a cold-weather related issue with this model.

This leaves me with two questions:

• Could something like this happen in a full-size helicopter like a Robinson R22?
• What effect does temperature have on helicopter performance in general?